FOXTAIL BLADDERWORT 



Scientific name: Utriciilaria fibrosa. 



Identifying features: Plant body is submerged in water, usually in shallows, 

 sometimes stranded by receding water. Terminal underwater branches resemble 

 elongate puffy foxtails. Flowers are yellow, about 1/2 inch across, 1 to 4 per 

 stalk. Stalks grow to 10 inches long. 



Flowering period: May through summer. 



Distribution: New England south to Florida, west to Texas and Oklahoma. 



Habitat: Pond edges, pools in bogs, flatwoods depressions, shallow swampy 

 areas. 



Distribution in forest: Throughout, but scattered. 

 Abundance in forest: Occasional. 



Other information: This species has much larger flowers and longer flowering 

 stalks than the mud bladderv^ ort. The foxtail-like vegetative parts are often vis- 

 ible in the water near the flowers. 



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